of loss, poor health and struggle and many women say they have been unable to recover from the union carbideter. >>> 30 years after the world's worst accident the suffering goes on and in sport liverpool striker apologizes for a picture on social media that has been accused of being antisementic and racist. ♪ but first protest leaders in hong kong urging fellow protesters to end sit-ins and say they will surrender to police and say there are concerns about people's safety following two days of violent confrontation as they cleared more sites and we are in hong kong and what it means for the occupied movement and is this the end. >> reporter: it certainly marks a turning point in the demonstration that has been underway for around 64 days and we are in the third month here and it was emotional press conference by the three founders of the occupy hong kong unit because they will surrender at 3:00 local time hong kong and surrender to police and of course the students and demonstrators to retreat and they are concerned for their safety and describe this as a place that is dangerous and police a

the toxic legacy continues at the site as union carbide and its parent company, dow chemical, have refusedto pay for clean up or face criminal charges in indian court. and those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron mate. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. one week after the grand jury decision in the michael brown case, president obama has given his first major policy response to the protests from ferguson and beyond over racial profiling and police brutality. at a meeting with activists and officials from around the country, obama unveiled a process to address what he called "simmering distrust." bare a problemd that is not unique to st. louis or that area, and is not unique to our time. simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color. countrye that in a where one of our basic principles, perhaps the most important principle, is equality under the law, that too many individuals, particularly young pe

. >> the factory was one -- run by union carbide, a subsidiary of a u.s. firm is paid out millions in compensation after the accident, but it actually amounted to an average of less than 700 euros per victim. in 2001, 17 years after the disaster, the firm was taken over by dow chemical. it rejects any responsibility. the plant manufactured the poison which caused some victims to become paralyzed. the toxic -- attacks the respiratory system and eyes. this woman tells us -- this woman's sister tells us she is no longer able to speak. >> they did not help us. what can my sister do? all she can do is cry. >> three decades after the disaster, the site still has not been cleared up. the gas continues to contaminate water, but leaving the area is not an option for most able here. he is 58 years old and cannot afford to leave his job. but going to work only reminds him of his suffering. >> in germany, the government has introduced changes to the country's residency laws. if approved, the reforms will make it easier to deport non-germans who commit crimes. >> but t

thousands of people died in their sleep when toxic gas leaded from the union carbide pesticide factorynds more died after suffering long-term circumstancenesses. >>> japanese spacecraft is now on its way to hunt for asteroids. it aims to fire something like a bullet into one, and hopes the dust cloud will reveal clues to how the whole solar system started. >> reporter: after days of delays due to poor weather, a successful launch from the space center in southern japan. the h 2a rocket, carrying the hopes of the japanese aerospace exploration agency and an advanced spacecraft. about the size of a frig, it is setting out on a six-year asteroid hunt in deep space. the $260 million spacecraft uses ion engines, a system which uses electricity to accelerate gas particles. >> it goes about 30 to 40 kilometers per second. the mass of the gas is very, very low, but produces a push in a very efficient way, and it's enough to steer the spacecraft. >> reporter: it has a long way to go. more than 5 billion kilometers. 2.5 years into the mission, the craft is expected to catch up with the asteroid.

while union carbide paid the government $470 million in compensation, some survivors claim the moneyreceived is inadequate. the government says it has done everything by the book. >> out of the court of law -- >> translator: once a court of law makes a decision, there is nothing anybody can do. the government has done everything in its power to deal with the issue. >> reporter: unlike in years gone by, this year's warren andersson's effigy wasn't burned. but another year of pain marked with the destruction of symbols that event loss and tragedy for so many. >>> three founders of the occupy movement in hong kong have surrendered to police. they were released without charge, but does the event mark a turning point in the pro-democracy campaign with many students refusing to take the founders' lead. >> reporter: the founders of occupy hong kong arrived clearly emotional, but insisting this was not defeat. they addressed their supporters, then it was time, a short walk into the police station opposite, to face whatever consequences await. >> they didn't do anything wrong. they just tell

pesticide factory into low-lying areas on december 3rd, 1984, only a handful of indian executives of union carbidecan company have been prosecuted for the accident. and while compensation has been paid to the victims, the authorities have often been blamed for not doing enough before, during or after the leak. >> the problem is such that we might not have reached the person at the exact time or the precise time that it was needed. we [ inaudible ] for 30 years. >> reporter: these words don't mean much to this woman. her granddaughter was born years after the accident. she is a begone of hope for a woman who's life has long been cloaked in darkness. >>> protest leaders in hong kong are urging fellow protesters to end their sit-ins and say they will surrender to police. >> reporter: it certainly was a very emotional address made by the three founders of the occupy hong kong movement which started this campaign around 64 days ago. they announced they would surrender to police tomorrow aurngd 3:00 local time, and have appealed to students here at this site to retreat, and the reason they said is their

. >> reporter: in a statement to bbc, union carbide has said it has no first hand knowledge of this ground water. the company says it has spent $2 million for clean up and $470 million to victims. families believe for thousands affected, that amount is not enough. freshly painted signs on the owe old walls of the factory marking one more year of a tragedy that's defined their lives. >>> to the story now in germany. thousands of mourners are expected at the funeral of a young woman that died after defending two teenage girls from male harassment. a turkish german woman has been in a coma since mid november after a route at a restaurant. she died last week. her death triggered an outpouring of public sympathy in germany. these are images of people holding vigil in memory of her name and with what she did. we are live in berlin. what's happening there? what is the mood there? >> reporter: it's somber. i'm in the south of germany near to her hometown. outside the mosque where just a few moments ago her parents and family joined mourners in preparation for her funeral expected to get underway h

. >> in a statement to bbc, union carbide has said it has no first hand knowledge of this impact on grounder. the company says it spends $2 million for the factory's clean up and given 470 million to the victims. families here believe that thousands of people affected, that amount is not enough. freshly painted signs on the old walls of the factory marking one more year of a tragedy that's defined their lives. >> we saw protestors out on the streets today the in force. are they angry not just at the company but the indian government as well? >> reporter: lucy, in fact, in one of the buildings behind me is where the indian prime minister sit. activists have written a message to modi making demands, one for more compensation. they feel what the court accepted in 1989, $470 million is simply not enough for tos of people that suffer issed. the second demand is the factory side should be fully cleaned up. as far as government is concerned, there are ongoing court cases where the government contends now the company that owned the company at the time of the leak should stay up. this court case ha

union carbide paid for a settlement in 1989, some survivors say the money isn't enough. >> the peoplee pen waiting for proper healthcare, standard medical treatment protocol is needed. >> that's not yet available. finally, in some ways the most important question is where is the justice? >> india's government says it has done everything by the book? >> once a court of law makes a decision, there is nothing anything can do. the government has done everything in its power to deal with the issue. >> three decades after the disaster, it seems bohfol's tragedy is hardly over. the plant is a shell of what it was and a daily reminder of this city's flight. >> coming up on this re, p minusself 7 hours until nasa's test fly it plans to use could take people to mars. >> a dirty deal. struck at the heart of government. >> egypt mismanaged its gas industry. >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin. >> it's obvious that egypt was being ripped off. it's basically saying to the israelis, "look if you want to screw us, here's a tool you can use to screw us". >> al jazeera exposes those who

. >> protestors flood the streets in the indian city of bhopal, the site of the union carbide disaster that killed thousands 30 years ago today. >> nasa taking a major step forward in space travelle. how tomorrow said mission is getting us closer to putting a man on mars. >> a mystery fit for a science fiction film, about 100 brains missing from a college medical lab is one of the stories caught in our global net. >> you're looking live at the u.s. capitol building in washington, the city getting in the christmas spirit with the lighting of the capitol tree last night. good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. ahead in this half hour, israel on the path toward early elections. we'll look at the possible motives behind the political move in israel. >> an aljazeera exclusive, soldiers say they were made sick by burning garbage in iraq and afghanistan. what they're asking for now. >> in our next hour, a death penalty debate in texas. even republicans walking on the governor rick perry to stop the execution of a mentally ill death row inmate. >>